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iRobot 310 gives soldiers safe access to danger zones
iRobot has won a new contract from the Army’s Robotic Systems Joint Program Office to furnish its 310 small unmanned ground vehicle designed to assist soldiers, combat engineers and explosive ordnance disposal crews on dismounted operations.
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Northrop receives $88M Global Hawk Block 30 support deal
Northrop Grumman has received a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract to furnish logistics support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30.
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Navy taps Accenture for systems engineering support
The Navy has awarded Accenture Federal Services a contract to furnish C4I systems engineering support.
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Lockheed gives mobile ISR testbed broader capabilities
Lockheed Martin has finished upgrading the mobile testbed that the Defense Department uses to evaluate new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technologies into an operational environment.
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What's the DOD doing to defend against the growing number of cyberattacks?
As high- and low-level cyberattack incidents continue to pile up, the Defense Department is redoubling efforts to develop defensive and offensive cyber capabilities and establish clear rules of engagement.
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Army, Northrop partner to upgrade joint tactical ground station
Northrop Grumman has won a $31.2 million contract from the Army to modernize the Joint Tactical Ground Station to improve the missile defense capabilities.
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Senate to consider cybersecurity legislation again in November
Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said Oct. 15 that he supports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) plans to try to get cybersecurity legislation passed by the Senate in November.
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New 'miniFlame' cyber weapon can control spyware infected machines
A new malware known as miniFlame that apppears to be used to commandeer and boost the spying capability over select computers originally infected by the Flame and Gauss spyware has been discovered by researchers at Kaspersky Lab.
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Army extends ManTech's work on DCGS-A
ManTech International has won a $45 million task order to continue furnishing key services for the Army's primary system for processing and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data gathered from manned and unmanned sensor platforms.
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QinetiQ wins Navy contract for Talon robots
QinetiQ North America has won a contract from the Navy to furnish Talon Generation IV robot vehicles.
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Cyber threat to US infrastructure becoming more serious, says Panetta
The United States is likely to experience a steady barrage of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the months ahead, says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
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Iran may have been behind recent wave of cyberattacks
U.S. intelligence analysts believe that Iran was likely behind a serious wave of network attacks that struck computers in the Saudi oil sector and also hit U.S. financial institutions.
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Air Force, Northrop upgrade B-2 with EHF satcom subsystem
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to outfit the service's fleet of B-2 bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems.
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Cybersecurity legislation expected next year, says Cyber Command chief
Cybersecurity legislation is likely to be finalized by the middle of next year, GEN Keith Alexander, National Security Agency Director, said Oct. 11.
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DARPA pursues Grand Challenges on technology frontier
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is seeking input to identify the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century -- part of a broader national innovation strategy under the Obama administration, and has issued a request for information for the program.
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Cubic unveils new cross-domain transfer appliance
Cubic Cyber Solutions this week unveiled a new 10-gigabyte device for high-speed cross-domain transfer between classified and unclassified networks.
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Navy, Lockheed partner on autonomous controls for VTOL drones
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for assistance developing autonomous technologies for unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
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Cybersecurity month sparks renewed calls for collaboration
A general theme echoed by government officials speaking about the importance of October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month seems to be calls for partnership to secure U.S. interests in cyberspace, particularly critical infrastructure.
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DOD support of student 'hackerspaces' meets resistance
With some high schools throughout the nation participating in Defense Department funded school programs designed to mimic hackerspaces, some members of existing organizations are objecting to the effort on the grounds that the military should stay out of the hacker realm.
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